So Goes The Undertow

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Sign on the line when it's time to sell your soul
No progress in silence
So goes the undertow

The story leaks, it's a B movie
A horror scene with the shittiest ending
You play the part and call it a loss
Cos what you're passing as a beating heart is a ticking bomb

It's big hit!
You've got children screaming and women leaning to kiss your filthy mouth
Can't stop you now!
It's prestigious!
You're sweeping award season with your picture greeting the shoppers in this town
And the tide rolls out...

The suit and tie, they bring out your eyes
Ocean-blue iris and the sadness inside them
But no act is feeble, they're pitching a sequel
A franchise can last so long
So let's go!

Now or never be free forever
All ties severed, true contender
This role you were born for, a lone rogue soldier
If fear moves closer then it's all over
You're dead, you're done

Then it moves on to the next one who can hold on to what it all means
No second-rate actor, no silver screen glamor
No everyman panhandler with a dream

No script, no cast, no focus-group
No audience, just me and you
All together with a broken projector
No cares, no prayers
Because there is no director

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from The Static Sea, released April 9, 2011
words by Jimmy Francis
music by The Static Sea

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